Ángel de Castro

ORCID: 0000-0003-4357-7857
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Research Areas
  • Real-time simulation and control systems
  • Advanced DC-DC Converters
  • Multilevel Inverters and Converters
  • Radiation Effects in Electronics
  • Silicon Carbide Semiconductor Technologies
  • Embedded Systems Design Techniques
  • Analog and Mixed-Signal Circuit Design
  • Electromagnetic Compatibility and Noise Suppression
  • Electrostatic Discharge in Electronics
  • Advanced Battery Technologies Research
  • Indoor and Outdoor Localization Technologies
  • Underwater Vehicles and Communication Systems
  • Robotics and Sensor-Based Localization
  • Energy Efficient Wireless Sensor Networks
  • Advancements in PLL and VCO Technologies
  • Low-power high-performance VLSI design
  • Microgrid Control and Optimization
  • Modular Robots and Swarm Intelligence
  • Experimental Learning in Engineering
  • Induction Heating and Inverter Technology
  • Robotic Path Planning Algorithms
  • Radio Frequency Integrated Circuit Design
  • Sensor Technology and Measurement Systems
  • Modeling and Simulation Systems
  • Advanced MEMS and NEMS Technologies

Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
2015-2025

Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
2005-2025

Institute of Mathematical Sciences
2025

Ingeteam (Spain)
2023

Washington University in St. Louis
2022

Florida International University
2021

Clínica Dávila
2015

Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
2002-2009

Incyte (United States)
2005

Williams (United States)
1966

Interleaving technique is used in some applications due to its advantages regarding filter reduction, dynamic response, and power management. In dual battery system vehicles, the bidirectional dc-dc converter takes advantage of this using three-to-five paralleled buck stages. paper, we propose use a much higher number phases parallel together with digital control. It will be shown that approach opens new possibilities since changes technology are possible. Thus, two 1000-W prototypes have...

10.1109/tpel.2006.872379 article EN IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics 2006-05-01

Nowadays, most digital controls for power converters are based on DSPs. This paper presents a field programmable gate array (FPGA) control factor correction (PFC) flyback AC/DC converter. The main difference from DSP-based solutions is that FPGAs allow concurrent operation (simultaneous execution of all procedures), enabling high performance and novel methods. algorithm has been developed using hardware description language (VHDL), which provides great flexibility technology independence....

10.1109/tpel.2002.807106 article EN IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics 2003-01-01

In this paper a simple technique to improve the efficiency on multiphase converters is explored. The number of phases dynamically changed in order reduce power losses at light load. Theoretical considerations about application field and influence output capacitor are provided. Moreover, practical aspects such as MOSFET driver DC current sharing among should be taken into account. Experimental results show that allows important improvements while maintaining satisfactory...

10.1109/pesc.2006.1712202 article EN 2006-06-01

<para xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"> This paper proposes a new digital pulsewidth modulation (DPWM) architecture that takes advantage of the field-programmable gate array's (FPGA) advanced characteristics, especially delay-locked loop (DLLs) present in almost every FPGA. The proposed DPWM combines synchronous (counter-based) block with an asynchronous for increased resolution without unnecessarily increasing clock frequency....

10.1109/tpel.2008.2005370 article EN IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics 2008-11-01

A new digital control technique for power factor (PF) correction is presented. The main novelty of the method that there no current sensor. Instead, input digitally rebuilt, using estimated in loop. circuit measures and output voltage by means low cost <i xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">ad hoc</i> analog-to-digital converters (ADCs). Taking advantage slow dynamic behavior these voltages, almost completely ADCs have been designed,...

10.1109/tpel.2009.2039231 article EN IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics 2010-01-08

Debugging digital controllers for power converters can be a problem because there are both and analog components. This paper focuses on debugging to implemented in Field Programmable Gate Arrays or Application Specific Integrated Circuits, which designed hardware description languages. Four methods proposed described. All of them allow simulation, two also emulation-synthesizing the model converter run complete closed-loop system actual hardware. The first method consists using mixed...

10.1109/tii.2012.2192281 article EN IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics 2012-04-11

Continuous conduction mode power factor correction (PFC) without input current measurement is a step forward with respect to previously proposed PFC digital controllers. Inductor volt-second (vs <sub xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">L</sub> ) in each switching period enables estimation of the current; however, an accurate compensation small errors measured vs required for match actual current. Otherwise, they are accumulated every over...

10.1109/tpel.2013.2280077 article EN IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics 2014-02-17

Nowadays, the use of hardware in loop (HIL) simulation has gained popularity among researchers all over world. One its main applications is power electronics converters. However, equipment designed for this purpose difficult to acquire some universities or research centers, so ad-hoc solutions implementation HIL low-cost converters a novel topic. information regarding written at high technical level and specific language that not easy non-expert users understand. In paper, systematic...

10.3390/en13020373 article EN cc-by Energies 2020-01-13

<para xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"> Some of the recent applications in field power supplies use multiphase converters to achieve fast dynamic response, smaller input/output filters, or better packaging. Typically, these have several paralleled stages, with a current loop each phase and single voltage loop. The presence loops avoids imbalance among phases. purpose this paper is demonstrate that, CCM, proper design, there an...

10.1109/tpel.2009.2013859 article EN IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics 2009-06-01

This paper aims to compare different design alternatives of hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) for emulating power converters in Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs). It proposes various numerical formats (fixed and floating-point) approaches (pure VHSIC Hardware Description Language (VHDL), Intellectual Properties (IPs), automated MATLAB HDL code, High-Level Synthesis (HLS)) converters. Although the proposed models are simple electronics HIL systems, idea can be extended any system. study...

10.3390/electronics10080926 article EN Electronics 2021-04-13

Model Predictive Control (MPC) is widely adopted for power electronics converters due to its ability optimize system performance under dynamic constraints. However, FPGA implementation remains challenging the complexity of Hardware Description Language (HDL) programming. This paper addresses this challenge by introducing a straightforward methodology that simplifies using MATLAB Simulink HDL Coder. It shown Coder yields favorable synthesis outcomes, both in terms area and time, compared...

10.3390/electronics14030419 article EN Electronics 2025-01-21

Power quality is one of the most critical fields in energy sector. The connection electric vehicles to electrical grid can cause a degradation when charging or discharging battery. Identifying sudden voltage drops, surges, and network interruptions essential avoid failure. A multiple fault classification/monitoring system has been developed based on artificial neural networks implemented an FPGA. system’s performance evaluated using set data obtained from MATLAB/Simulink 2024. Different...

10.3390/info16030180 article EN cc-by Information 2025-02-27

Abstract We provide an alternative proof of Vishik’s nonuniqueness theorem for the forced 2D Euler equation in vorticity class <m:math xmlns:m="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <m:mrow> <m:msup> <m:mi>L</m:mi> <m:mn>1</m:mn> </m:msup> <m:mo>∩</m:mo> <m:mi>p</m:mi> </m:mrow> </m:math> L^{1}\cap L^{p} with <m:mn>2</m:mn> <m:mo>&lt;</m:mo> <m:mi mathvariant="normal">∞</m:mi> 2&lt;p&lt;\infty . The main variation is construction a smooth and compactly supported unstable vortex, which split...

10.1515/crelle-2025-0025 article EN Journal für die reine und angewandte Mathematik (Crelles Journal) 2025-04-28

The energy consumption in mobile systems has become a big challenge that limits high performance and autonomy systems. dynamic voltage scaling (DVS) is recent technique reduces varying dynamically the supply of system accordingly to clock frequency. Buck topology good candidate step variations output meeting DVS requirements. In this paper, it analyzed which fastest evolution can provide topology. minimum time state transition converter its corresponding control law are obtained applying...

10.1109/tpel.2007.909305 article EN IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics 2007-11-01

This letter proposes a very high resolution digital pulsewidth modulator (DPWM) architecture that takes advantage of field-programmable gate array (FPGA) advanced clock management capability - the fine phase shifting clock. feature is available in almost every FPGA nowadays, thus allowing small and programmable delays between input output clocks. An original use this pushes limits DPWM resolution. The experimental results show time 19.5 ps Virtex-5 FPGA.

10.1109/tpel.2009.2037818 article EN IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics 2009-12-10

10.3217/jucs-012-03-0328 article EN cc-by Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) 2006-03-28

Multiphase is an old technique that, nowadays, widely used in several dc-dc applications such as voltage regulator module and automotive. The number of phases usually kept relatively low (three or four) most cases. However, the advantages multiphase converters (mainly reduction input output filters with its associated increase maximum control bandwidth) grow ideal case. This growth limited by nonidealities, mainly tolerances components (semiconductors inductors). purpose this paper to...

10.1109/tpel.2007.909406 article EN IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics 2007-11-01

Traditional digital power factor correction (PFC) uses three sensors to measure the input and output voltages current. Each sensor, especially current one, increases cost of system generates losses in case resistive sensors. This paper presents a controller for boost PFC converters. It precalculated duty cycles generated offline, applies them switch. In order control converter with nonnominal conditions, just one analog-to-digital (ADC) is used, which measures voltage. Measuring average...

10.1109/tpel.2013.2256931 article EN IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics 2013-04-04

Real-time hardware-in-the-loop implementations for power converters involve digital sampling of the <sc xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">on–off</small> signals that are applied to switches. The most basic way considering it, is process only one switch state during a simulation step. This usually causes an incorrect input reading because it can change negative effects include appearance undesirable subharmonics and numerical inaccuracy....

10.1109/tpel.2023.3243702 article EN IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics 2023-02-09

Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-assisted inventory management, used for control within an enterprise with large warehousing and manufacturing systems, is currently common practice. There are many applications UAVs enterprise, but they generally in tasks that have high risk connotations to perform activities quickly, such as the cases of enterprises require products quickly efficiently connected a smart city environment. Having up-to-date possible environment allows users necessary information...

10.3390/electronics12092090 article EN Electronics 2023-05-04
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